How do I rearrange my photos in a particular folder?

Hi,
Basically, my problem is that I imported some 300 pictures into one folder but the organizer hasn't organized the pictures correctly. I have no idea which way it's organized the files but they're not in date/time order which is what I want them to be. The video tutorial seems to show that I can sort the photos by date/time taken (and I would be amazed if it didn't do that) but I can't get any option on the screen to sort by date/time taken, file size, file name etc., all of which I'm assuming I should be able to do. Could you please advise me how to sort by date/time and, at the same time, how to change the defaults so that it normally shows files from the earliest date/time to the latest. Many thanks.

Use Thumbnail view instead of folder view. Then the files are ordered by time taken, either ascending or descending. In folder view, they are shown in file name order. (Display icon on the right upper part of the screen).
If you want to order a set of files for a project, you can put the files in an album with various sort options, including manual sort.
You can then export (Windows) the file with new names (for instance a starting text plus an order number).
The Organizer is built on a database which uses tags and metadata (file size, camera name...) The internal indexing of the items is based on date/time. The 'Folder view' display is a secondary tool. If you rely mostly on folder view, you will be disappointed, it is slow, buggy and very limited to real 'browsers' like bridge.

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